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Character Outline
Younger Squalo
Superbi Squalo (スペルビ スクアーロ, Superubi Sukuāro) is an assassin and the second-in-command of the Varia, the Vongola Famiglia's independently-ran assassination squad. His most notable feature is his long silver hair, which he keeps long to show his dedication to his boss, Xanxus, and refuses to cut it until Xanxus replaces Tsunayoshi Sawada as the 10th Vongola boss. Often seen wearing his Varia uniform, he is characterized by his loud personality, and has a tendency to shout "Voi!" (the Italian version of the plural "you") to vent his frustration. Squalo, as revealed in the Rain Ring Battle against Takeshi Yamamoto, cut off his left hand and replaced it with a mechanized sword, which was done so he could better relate to the Sword Emperor, Tyr, who also happened to be the previous Boss of the Varia and fought without his left hand. Squalo seems to be quite perceptive, seeing right through Genkishi's Mist Illusions when Genkishi tried to fake a loss and even seeing through Chrome Dokuro's skilled illusion of Yamamoto, which Mammon mentions that only real experts could see through.
In the Official Reborn Secret Bullet Novel (X-fiamma), it was also revealed that Squalo's left stump aches whenever Xanxus is in mortal danger. This occurs because of the connection between the promise he made and his resolve to follow Xanxus.
Plot Overview
Varia Arc
Squalo faces off against Tsuna and Basil
Squalo first arrives in Namimori after battling Basil all the way to where Tsuna and his Family are dining downtown. He, at that time, does not recognize Tsuna as the 10th Vongola Boss. Yamamoto and Gokudera then step in to aid Tsuna in fighting him, but they are easily defeated by Squalo. Squalo takes Yamamoto on first and deduces that he doesn't know a style because his swings are light. He defeats him by shooting several small amounts of Gunpowder from his Sword into the ground, blowing him up. Next, after Gokudera attempts to bombard Squalo, he quickly slashes the fuses off Gokudera's Dynamite, extinguishing them and leaving Gokudera in surprised shock. He then delivers a harshly punishing kick to Gokudera, rendering him unconscious and unable to battle.
Dying Will Tsuna steps up to square off with Squalo, but he easily catches his opponent's punches while simultaneously realizing who Tsuna truly is. Squalo dexterously holds and beats Tsuna before he can land the finishing blow. Soon thereafter, Dino, the current Boss of the Chiavarone Famiglia, steps in to confront Squalo, questioning him on his behavior in fighting against children. Squalo disregards Dino and steals the Fake Half Vongola Rings fleetingly, reluctant to cause even more trouble by fighting an allied Family.
Squalo vs Yamamoto
Squalo delivers the Rings to Xanxus, the Boss of the Varia, as was his task, but Xanxus recognizes them as Fakes sooner than Reborn and the others expected. He appears in most of the Ring Battles as a spectator, as well as a commenter on the Varia's side. Later, Squalo fights Yamamoto in the Rain Ring Battle. Squalo is certain he's going to win when he discovers that Yamamoto fights with a style he has already learned and beaten. But he ends up losing the battle because he does not know the secret of the Shigure Souen style: it branches off at who their past mentor was to make sure that the style remains strong and undefeatable. In the process, the Techniques may change. Squalo is defeated by Yamamoto's Technique that he added to the Sword Style; Mirroring Rain. Squalo, now unconscious, falls into the water within the Rain stage, where a shark has been released. The watching Vongola and Varia fear the worst and assume that Squalo is dead. Later, in the Sky Battle, Squalo reappears, albeit wheelchair-bound and badly injured with Dino and the Cavallone, much to Tsuna's and his guardians' surprise. Dino reveals that the Cavallone had set up men within the Rain stage to rescue the loser who would fall into the water at the battle's end; Dino states that he had expected Yamamoto to lose the battle and had put preparations in place to save him, but wound up saving Squalo instead. Squalo, in his hospital room, refused to reveal any information about Xanxus and his plans to Dino but, at the Sky Battle, was accepted as a spectator along with Dino and several Chiavarone members.
Future Arc
Squalo arriving to train Yamamoto
Squalo is seen again during the Future Arc when he takes command of the Varia's core group (minus Xanxus, Gola Mosca, and Mammon) with a new Member named Flan participating in their Raid in Italy. The group then splits up into Belphegor and Flan, Leviathan, and Lussuria, and Squalo alone. He encounters some of the lower ranking Varia Members assigned to feed Xanxus, but then senses enemies approaching. He releases his Squalo Grande Pioggia (Heavy Rain Shark) to defeat them.
Squalo later comes to the forefront when he learns that Yamamoto lost to Genkishi. He arrives in the Vongola Hideout with a gift of tuna to Dino, and then proceeds to viciously attack Yamamoto by kneeing him in the gut who, without his guard up, is easily knocked out. Squalo then carries him off for training.
Choice Arc
Squalo decides to come for Choice and hid in the base Shoichi constructed and as such became the second known stowaway. It seems that Yamamoto harbors no ill will towards him.
During Tsuna's fight with Torikabuto, he notices that Tsuna's Sky Lion is very similar to Xanxus's Sky Lion (they are from the same weapon series).
Squalo buying the others time to escape
In a flashback, Squalo is shown trying to persuade Yamamoto to devote himself completely to the sword, because he cannot reach his full potential as a swordsman if it's not his only passion. He does not like Yamamoto's childish behavior in the Future Arc.
Squalo holding back Zakuro, allowing the rest to flee
He later defends Yuni from an attack by Kikyo and Zakuro with Hibari, staying behind to fight alongside Dino so Tsuna can escape with Yuni.
After returning to Vongola HQ, he tries contacting Lussuria for backup, though nobody can be sent. The transmission gets cut off by Zakuro's attack. Squalo is able to use his Rain Flames to fend off Zakuro's Storm Flames, and tries to buy time while the others escape. He loses his prosthetic sword hand and is defeated by Zakuro without any difficulty. He is later revealed to have survived. Dino believes Squalo was defeated only because Byakuran has fought them in a parallel world and therefore knows all their techniques, briefing the Real Six Funeral Wreaths on their Abilities, Strengths, Techniques, and how to counter them. He loses his hand, which he threw away for the emperor's sword and understanding of his technique. It is shown when Ghost is absorbing their flames.
Later after the final battle with Byakuran, he was talking with Yamamoto before everyone's return to the past by asking was he going to play baseball again and calling him the naive brat. He then leaves with Yamamoto thanking him.
Inheritance Succession Arc
Squalo was seen taking Mammon away with Belphegor after the Mist Inheritance Test in Kokuyo Land.
Squalo taking Mammon
Inheritance Ceremony Arc
The Varia appear at the Ceremony except for Xanxus, who Squalo states was absent and wouldn't attend. He and Dino were able to see through Chrome's illusion of Yamamoto and questioned Tsuna about it, and offered their assistance.
During the Simon's attack at the Ceremony, Squalo alongside the other Varia members and Dino were attacked by Adelheid who was using her abilities to prevent them from entering the fight. After the attack, Squalo offered the Ninth the assistance of the Varia in tracking the Shimon family, in which his assistance was refused due to the Ninth not wishing to produce any more victims.
When the Simon's base has been discovered, a meeting is held between the Ninth and Tenth family in which Squalo represented the Varia. Squalo became outraged at Tsuna's opinion of Enma's attack and stated the conflict between the two families was a Mafia war, and refused the idea of the Ninth only sending the Vongola X Guardians and Reborn to the Simon Famiglia Base.
The Curse of the Rainbow Arc
Squalo and the Varia in Japan
Squalo is first seen in the Curse of the Rainbow Arc during the meeting in the Varia's dining room. He is the one who explains to the group that they are going to scout Flan to the Varia as a new officer. Despite vehement objections from every member except Xanxus and Mammon, Squalo goes ahead with the mission. He flies with the rest of the Varia, minus Xanxus, to the secluded region of France, Jura where Flan is rumored to live. They send Mammon to find his location from Flan's elderly grandmother, and follow the river like she says. Squalo and the other ascend the clifface, commenting on how it was impossible for a normal to be able to reach a place such as that. At the top, they come face to face with the Kokuyo Gang. Bel spots Flan first, and they all watch as he notices their presences. However, Flan mistakes the Varia for tooth-decay fungi and Mukuro's gang for fairies and runs in fear of them after Bel attempts to kill him. He and Mukuro corner Flan with their sword and trident respectively, and begin interrogating him. Squalo is the first to realize that Flan might have amnesia, and questions the child to affirm this. He and Mukuro each suggest simultaneously that the other take Flan. Eventually the situation devolves to a game of Ladder to decide custody, until Flan stands from the river and asks if it is ok for him to choose his own fate, pointing to one of the two groups. It is currently unknown which team he chose. Later, after Mammon requests Xanxus and Varia to fight on his behalf, Squalo is briefly seen walking in Japan along with the other main Varia members, with Dino watching them. The Varia end up staying at the same hotel as Dino and the Chiavarone Famiglia.
On the first day of battle, the Varia encounter and start fighting Enma, at the time Skull's sole representative. The battle is one-sided, with Enma sustaining much damage as the Varia show off the strength of their new rings. They, at last, prepare their killing blows to finish off Enma. Skull desperately tries to save Enma and yells "Present!" in order to release his Arcobaleno curse for a short time, returning to his full-power adult form. Skull, in his full strength, defends Enma from the Varia's killing shots with Undead Body. Squalo and the Varia are surprised by this, but are unable to do anything more because the 10 minute battle ends right then. They leave, swearing to finish off Enma the next time they meet.
At the start of the second day of battle, Squalo and the Varia encounter Hibari and Fon. The two teams are surprised to meet each other, but prepare to fight anyway. Squalo's battler watch was destroyed by Fon, leaving only Xanxus and Mammon to fight Hibari and Fon. At the end of the battle, Hibari destroyed his boss watch, disqualfying his own team from the representative battle. Xaxnus intended to do the same, but he, along with other Varia members stops him. Shortly after, the Vindice appears, heavily injured the entire members, though Squalo still able to fight using the spare watch. When the third battle start, Mammon helped his team to escape using his remaining curse release time.
At the fourth day of the battle, he, Xanxus, Mukuro, Dino, and Byakuran confronts Jager and Bermuda, stopping them from helping Small Gia and Big Pino. They are shocked to witness Jager's strength who then cut off Xanxus' right arm. Squalo immediately attacks Jager once he realized this, but Jager easily dodged and shattered his sword and stab through his chest, rendering Squalo unable to fight. Soon after the battle, Mammon replaced his pierced heart with an illusion temporarily until they can find a heart fit to transplant. It is unknown if the latter charged him or not.
Les Armes Et Les Capacités
Heavy Rain Shark
- 'rain varia ring: '
- Artificielle Bras Epée : Squalo coupé sa principale gauche et l'une Remplace Avec this épée. L'épée de bras artificiel intérêt en Mesure d'étendre et Tourner de 180 Degrés Vers l'arrière.
- Grande Pioggia Squalo (Heavy Rain Shark) : de Squalo Box arme , Qui ressemblent à celles à Un grand requin blanc et intérêt Assez puissant versez vaincre les Ennemis sur fils propre. Il la surnomme Alo.
- Attacco di Squalo (Attaque de requin) : Une attaque onde de choc Qui se Transforme en non puissant coup d'onde oscillante juin Qui sonne Tout le corps de l'Adversaire, Les paralysant pendant UNE courtisanes period températures.
- Zanna di Squalo ( Fang du requin ): Squalo plonge fils épée en avant à PLUSIEURS REPRISES. Basile affirme qu'il a été "mâcher longe à l'air devant de lui".
- Scontro di Squalo ( responsable du requin ): tranches Squalo en diagonale de face de Lui, arrachant L'eau Vers pendentif de charge qu'il l'avant.
Trivia
- Squalo, when translated, literally means "Shark" in Italian. Superbi can be translated to pride/arrogance, one of the Seven Deadly Sins. He shares the Sin trait with the rest of the Varia Members, whose names and personalities each resemble a Sin (Wrath, Lust, Greed, Sloth, Gluttony, Envy, and Pride).
- In one of Haru Haru's Interview: Dangerous, Reborn states that Squalo is the loudest Member of the Mafia, according to Fuuta's rankings. In the manga interview, Belphegor also stated that he was noisy.
- He is the only Varia member to have his surname shown in the series.
- Like Xanxus, he also has a habit to call people "Trash,” "Scum," or "Brats", especially to Tsuna and his Guardians.
- In Mr. Rebokku no Ciao Ciao Interview, he revealed that his favorite word was "pride", which also translates to his name, Superbi.
- In the most recent poll, Squalo ranked sixth in popularity, achieving the same result as last year, last year's result having 27,303 votes. Squalo ranked 8th in strength.
- His future self had grown out his bangs.
- Dino stated that when Squalo couldn't choose a sword style, he traveled east to fight other swordsmen and "absorb" their abilities.
- Squalo was a child fencing prodigy.
- Squalo completed his current sword style when he defeated Tyr.
- In the Rebokku Interviews, only showed on DVD, one of the interviews stated that Squalo brushes his Rain Shark's teeth when on vacation.
- According to the Reborn! Fan book, Squalo's favorite hobby is sword maintenance.
- Squalo's favorite animal is a shark.
- Squalo's sword is a well-known brand of Italian sword called a Template:WP, which was used by gladiators.
- His talent in the OVA was that he could balance a spinning top on his sword while creating a threatening sense of fear.
- He and Dino attended the same school when they were younger.
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